Former US NBA player Howard in the video "The remarks of Taiwan are a country, which attracted the tarts of mainland Chinese netizens, and also appeared on the Weibo Search List.
This video was published on Wednesday (May 10), a YouTube account of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan. Howard promoted and invited overseas tourists to live in the Taiwan government for one night in the video.Howard is the propaganda ambassador of this event.
Howard said in the video: "Hello everyone, I am Dwatter Howard. Since I came to Taiwan, I have a new understanding of this country."Taiwan Vice President Lai Qingde appeared and promoted to the Presidential Palace with Howard for a one -night event with Howard. He played the role of director in the video.He mentioned that this activity showed "Taiwan is a free country."
After the video was sent out, Howard's remarks attracted the tarts of mainland Chinese netizens and were accused of "Taiwan independence."Many netizens also called on Howard to apologize."Howard Taiwan Independence" on Friday (12th) on the Weibo hot search list, as of 3 pm, 400 million readings have been accumulated.
In this regard, Howard apologized in an interview in Yilan County, Taiwan on Friday morning, saying that it is not his intention to hurt anyone; "the word Country refers toLocal to another place, it will also be called country. "He said that he didn't want to hurt anyone, and Taiwan was great.
Howard said that he is not a politician and does not want to be involved in any political topic. He has freedom of speech and does not want to hurt anyone."Respect the Chinese and respect the Taiwanese."
He said that everyone lives on this planet. He treats everyone equally, loves everyone, respects everyone, and will continue to adhere to this concept.
NBA has caused controversy many times in China in the past few years.In 2019, Mo Lei, then the general manager of the NBA Houston Rockets, expressed his support for the 2019 Hong Kong Repair Case in Twitter.The NBA was banned in China that year.
In 2021, Enes Kanter, the center of the Boston Celtics, condemned China ’s approach to Uighurs and other Muslims, and also caused the Chinese people to protest.
